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Administrative Professionals' Day (previously known as Secretary's Day) is an unofficial secular holiday observed on the last Wednesday of April (April 26 in 2006 April 25 in 2007), to recognize the work of clerical employees such as administrative assistants, receptionists, paralegals, etc. It is celebrated as part of a larger Administrative Professionals Week, which takes place during the last full week of April. This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ...
The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. ...
April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...
A receptionist is an office/administrative support position. ...
In United States practice of law, a paralegal is person who works in the legal profession, typically as an assistant to a lawyer, and who is typically responsible for researching, analyzing, and managing the daily tasks for cases. ...
National Professional Secretaries Week and National Secretaries' Day was created in 1952 through the work of Harry F. Klemfuss of Young and Rubicam. Klemfuss recognized the importance and value of the position to a company or business. His goal was to encourage more women to become administrative assistants (called secretaries at the time). Using his skill and experience in public relations, Klemfuss promoted the values and importance of the job of administrative assistants. In doing so, he also created the holiday in recognition of the importance of administrative assistants.
The official period of appreciation/celebration was first proclaimed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer as "National Secretaries Week," which was held June 1-7 in 1952, with Wednesday, June 4, 1952 designated National Secretaries Day. The first Secretaries' Day was held in that year by the International Association of Administrative Professionals, with the support of an association of corporate groups. In 1998, the name of the holiday was changed to better represent the full range of administrative positions. The office of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the mid-20th century. ...
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The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) was formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1942. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
In the United States, the day is often celebrated by giving one's assistant flowers, candy, or small gifts, or by taking him/her out to lunch. A Phalaenopsis flower A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ...
A wide range of candies on display on a market in Barcelona, Spain. ...
The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...
In the United States, Administrative Professionals Day® is a registered trademark with the serial number 75898930. The registrant is the International Association of Administrative Professionals. The holiday has been the source of some controversy and criticism in the United States, where it is often mocked as a Hallmark Holiday.[citation needed] The Bass Red Triangle, was the first trademark registered in Britain in 1876. ...
The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) was formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1942. ...
A Hallmark holiday is a disparaging term used to describe a holiday that exists primarily for commercial purposes, rather than to commemorate a truly significant religious or secular event. ...
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